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Afrikaans

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General

General information related to the language

Comprehensive general data for Afrikaans language
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Language NameAfrikaans
Language Name (Local)Afrikaans
Language Code (ISO 639-1)af
Language Code (ISO 639-2)afr
Language Code (ISO 639-3)afr

Spoken In

We have found 2 countries in which the language is spoken

Flag of Namibia
Namibia
Namibia
Flag of South Africa
South Africa
Suid-Afrika / South Africa / Sewula Afrika

Related Locale Codes

We found 2 related locales for the Afrikaans language based on countries in which the language is used. Click on the flag to see more details.

Flag of NA
af-NA
Afrikaans (Namibia)
Flag of ZA
af-ZA
Afrikaans (South Africa)
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What language is 'af'?

Many people wants to know what language is 'af'? The answer is that the af language is Afrikaans and it is used in 2 countries. In many resources, you may also find that Afrikaans is also known as Afrikaans in local language. Afrikaans has ISO 639 codes like af (ISO 639-1), afr (ISO 639-2) and afr (ISO 639-3). The language ISO 639-1 is also used with a conjugation with a country code to create a locale code like af-NA for Namibia.